Microphysiological systems to Assess Pretreatment Immunogenicity and Efficacy (MAGPIE)
SBIR Opportunity Analysis
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Directorate Medical division, supporting the Joint Science and Technology Office, is seeking SBIR work to develop immune microphysiological systems for assessing pretreatment immunogenicity and efficacy of vaccines against high-consequence pathogens. The effort calls for developing or refining iMPS platforms such as immune organoids, organ-tissue equivalents, microfluidic chips, or multi-organ models that can model human immune responses and support vaccine evaluation. Phase I requires the system to recapitulate the immunogenicity and efficacy of an FDA-approved vaccine against a viral pathogen with standardized outputs comparable to existing clinical data, and Phase II extends the platform to predict novel vaccine constructs while producing SOPs, training materials, standardized datasets, and summary reports. The opportunity is listed as pre-release under CBD254-012 / solicitation 25.4, with an open date of April 1, 2026 and a close date of April 29, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern.